The Capital Improvement Authority (CDA) has issued a show-cause discover to M/s Bahria City (Pvt) Ltd over alleged violations in Bahria Paradise Industrial Scheme-IV, Zone-5, Islamabad, over the unlawful conversion of public amenity plots, unauthorized development, and improvement with out acquiring the necessary no-objection certificates (NOC).
The discover, dated January 14, 2026, has been issued underneath Sections 49-C, 46, and 46-B of the CDA Ordinance, 1960, learn with the related provisions of the ICT Zoning Laws, 1992, and the Housing Scheme Laws, 2023.
In keeping with the discover, the structure plan of Bahria Paradise Industrial Scheme-IV, unfold over 243.34 kanals, was authorized on August 29, 2023, topic to particular phrases and circumstances. The CDA acknowledged that regardless of the lapse of greater than two years, the sponsor failed to satisfy the stipulations for acquiring an NOC and proceeded with improvement actions and the sale of plots, in violation of the CDA Ordinance and zoning rules. The authority famous that the sponsor had been explicitly directed to chorus from any improvement or sale previous to the issuance of the NOC.
The CDA additional noticed a number of violations of the authorized structure plan on the web site. One highlighted violation contains the conversion of an open house measuring 5.20 kanals alongside a 100-foot-wide entry highway into business use. The authority additionally acknowledged that the scheme space was illegally prolonged with out prior approval of a revised structure plan or NOC, declaring the continued development and land use unlawful underneath the relevant legal guidelines.
The discover refers to a number of judgments of the Islamabad Excessive Court docket and the Supreme Court docket of Pakistan, which have persistently held that public amenity plots can’t be transformed for business or residential functions and that ex submit facto approvals are usually not permissible. The CDA emphasised that these judgments have attained finality and are binding, reinforcing the illegality of modifications or relocations made with out prior approval.
The CDA additionally identified that the Directorate Normal of Federal Audit has framed an audit para concerning the non-cancellation of the structure plan regardless of excellent fines, penalties, and commercialization and land-use conversion fees amounting to Rs. 1,842.270 million. The authority acknowledged that repeated instructions issued to the sponsor since October 2023 to adjust to the structure plan circumstances haven’t been fulfilled so far.
Underneath the discover, Bahria City has been directed to take away, demolish, or alter the unlawful buildings, or cease using land in contravention of the authorized structure plan inside seven days. The CDA warned that it might use drive, together with police help, to hold out demolitions and get well prices from the accountable occasion if compliance isn’t ensured throughout the stipulated timeframe.
The authority additionally cautioned that extra punitive actions could also be initiated, together with cancellation of the authorized structure plan, suspension of constructing plan approvals, sealing of society and web site places of work, referral of the case to investigation businesses resembling NAB and FIA, and suspension of the processing of different circumstances of the sponsor. A chance for a private listening to has been supplied inside seven days, whereas the enforcement and constructing management directorates have been directed to arrange for motion upon the expiry of the discover interval.
